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CARIADS’ CHOICE BOOK REVIEWS: JUNE 2023

Jessie Cahalin: Summer of Secrets by Adrienne Vaughan Take several leading ladies, a mermaid, Cinderella and a fairy godfather. Let the dreams take you to the magical coast of Ireland. Mysteries linked to the characters’ lives and the history of the place are cleverly interwoven. Like a skilled seamstress, Adrienne Vaughan has sewn the narrative …

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CARIADS’ CHOICE: AUGUST 2022 BOOK REVIEWS

Phil Rickman’s The Fever of the World reviewed by Georgia Hill This is book 16 in the Merrily Watkins series featuring a beleaguered vicar and “Deliverance Consultant” – or exorcist – and set in the Welsh Marches. There’s a mysterious rockfall death, an examination of Wordsworth and his experiences as a young man in the …

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CARIADS’ CHOICE: MAY BOOK REVIEWS

Jan Baynham’s Her Mother’s Secret, reviewed by Judith Barrow Her Mother’s Secret is set against the background of the Greek island of Péfka during different eras; 1969 and 2011. Two time frames linked by the two main characters, Alexandra and her mother, Elin; connected through time, by the diary that Alexandra finds after her mother’s death. …

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CARIADS’ CHOICE: BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL BOOK REVIEWS

Lizzie Lamb’s Harper’s Highland Fling, reviewed by Jessie Cahalin Harper expected to travel to Tibet on her holiday adventure, but her niece decided to run away to Scotland with the son of the local car mechanic. Witty, feisty headmistress, Harper, meets her match and is forced to squeeze into biker’s leathers to travel with Rocco …

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